🛡️ CVE-2023-49106 — device-manager

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with physical access to the device, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity none, availability none.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

• Attack vector: Physical — the attacker has to touch the device.
• Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
• Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
• User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
• Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
• Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
• Integrity impact: None.
• Availability impact: None.

Weakness class

CVE-2023-49106 is classified as CWE-549: Missing Password Field Masking. The product does not mask passwords during entry, increasing the potential for attackers to observe and capture passwords.

Affected software

CVE-2023-49106 is recorded against 1 package.

• device-manager (fixed in 8.8.5-04)

Timeline and source

Published on 16 January 2024 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

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Other advisories for this package

device-manager has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

• CVE-2025-5781 (5.2 Medium, published 25 Feb 2026)
• CVE-2025-30023 (9.0 Critical, published 11 Jul 2025)
• CVE-2025-30025 (7.8 High, published 11 Jul 2025)
• CVE-2025-30024 (6.8 Medium, published 11 Jul 2025)
• CVE-2023-49107 (5.3 Medium, published 16 Jan 2024)
• CVE-2023-50916 (7.2 High, published 10 Jan 2024)
• CVE-2023-34143 (5.6 Medium, published 18 Jul 2023)
• CVE-2023-34142 (9.0 Critical, published 18 Jul 2023)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-549: Missing Password Field Masking) in other software:

• CVE-2026-3314 (4.6 Medium, published 26 May 2026)
• CVE-2025-13175 (published 14 Jan 2026)
• CVE-2025-42904 (6.5 Medium, published 9 Dec 2025)
• CVE-2025-64170 (3.8 Low, published 12 Nov 2025)
• CVE-2025-31728 (5.5 Medium, published 2 Apr 2025)
• CVE-2025-31727 (5.5 Medium, published 2 Apr 2025)
• CVE-2025-30197 (3.1 Low, published 19 Mar 2025)
• CVE-2025-0148 (2.6 Low, published 4 Feb 2025)

Details

Affected Packages

References